Elections to Southwark Council were held in May 1971. The whole council was up for election. Turnout was 28.7%. This election had aldermen as well as councillors. Labour got all ten aldermen as well as 58 elected councillors. The Liberal Party did not contest any seats. Election result |} Ward results Abbey Alleyn Bellenden Bricklayers Browning Brunswick Burgess Cathedral Chaucer College Consort Dockyard Faraday Friary Lyndhurst Newington Riverside Rotherhithe Ruskin Rye St Giles The Lane Waverley References Council elections in the London Borough of Southwark 1971 London Borough council elections 20th century in the London Borough of Southwark